A panel discussion with Eric Goldman, SCU professor of law and director of the High Tech Law Institute; Kirthi Kalyanam, J.C. Penney Research Professor and director of the SCU Retail Management Institute; and Ashkan Soltani, independent researcher and affiliate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.

Former member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, William Hurlbut’s talk on the role of technology, especially biotechnology, in the modern world, and the ethical impact of that technological power on our society.

Hacking, Ethics and the Future of Internet Security: Reflections by a Top Journalist on the Front Lines of Cybercrime

Hacker names like Wikileaks, LulzSec, and Anonymous have become common parlance. And hackers have infiltrated high-profile targets like the BART system, U.S. government diplomatic channels, even the Vatican. But how are we to make sense of this current generation of hackers in light of the long history of "black-hat" and "white-hat" hacking? And how can we understand the ethical or not-so-ethical motives that are driving hackers today? Joseph Menn of Reuters is one of the top Internet security journalists in the country. In his talk, he will provide an overview of contemporary hacking and raise questions about the ethical assumptions driving the phenomenon.

Conscience, Catholicism, and American Politics Reflections of a Catholic Bishop - Bishop Robert McElroy

Conscience, Catholicism, and American Politics: Reflections of a Catholic Bishop” Auxiliary Bishop Robert McElroy, Archdiocese of San Francisco, and author, “Morality and American Foreign Policy” (Princeton 1992)

Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics discusses a document from the Vatican, "Toward reforming international financial and monetary systems, in the context of a global public authority," with David DeCosse, Director of Campus Ethics Programs, Judy Nadler,Senior Fellow, Government Ethics and Miriam Schulman, Center Assistant Director.

The emerging issues group, a program of the Markkula Center for Applied of Ethics at Santa Clara University along with Tom Reese, senior research fellow at the Georgetown Woodstock Theological Center discuss the religious exemptions services such as exemption of christian scientists from vaccination laws, and exemptions in uniform codes in the armed forces for Moslems that wish to wear the veil and other such issues.

Miriam Schulman discusses whether it is ethical to consider the cost of treatment when making health care decisions, with Margaret McLean, Director of Bioethics,Sally Lehrman, the Knight Ridder/San Jose Mercury News Endowed Chair in Journalism and the Public Interest, Kirk Hanson, Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Peter Minowitz, Professor of Political Science, Santa Clara University

David DeCosse, Director of Campus Ethics Programs, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Michael Zampelli, S.J., SCU Theater and Dance and Rector, Jesuit Community, Emily Hawley, SCU '13 and Matt Lee, SCU '13, take part in the Santa Clara City Library's Big Read commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Jack London's great story, "The Call of the Wild." London wrote the book while living near what is present-day Bellarmine Prep. The story itself begins in the "sun-drenched Santa Clara Valley." Of course, it ends with the great dog Buck at home in the deep reaches of the north woods.

Karen de Sa, Reporter, San Jose Mercury News, and Judy Nadler, Senior Fellow in Government Ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, discuss Ethics, Lobbying, and how the laws of California are really made.

The Emerging Issues group, a program for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University discuss the recent Supreme Court cases particularly Citizens United that deal with free speech and campaign finance law with Bradley W. Joondeph, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University

Miriam Schulman, Director of Communications at the Marrkula Center for Applied Ethics discusses oil spills and possible policy approaches to managing these kind of rare yet catastrophic events with the Emerging Issues Group and William Sundstrom, Professor of Economics at the Santa Clara University.